Saturday, 22 June 2013

There are some really nice patterns in this magazine (Burda 2/2010), but I haven't made any yet.

I find Burda patterns don't fit my body shape as well as Knipmode, but I thought this pattern was so nice and practical and happening to have some lovely stripes in my stash, I thought I would give this one a go!

The pattern is very easy to make up and I made most of this on my sewing machine.

The fabric is a velour so it was a bit heavy around the neck and too big.

The make the top fit my bust the neck was far too loose so I took in the front at the sides against the sleeves. Unfortunately, this left a gape above the bust so I made some pleats - I think they look ok when worn.

I will be making this top again but now know how much to adjust the pattern to fit before cutting out!!

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